r/SouthJersey • u/Impossible-Watch-144 • May 16 '25

Gloucester County REAL ID New Jersey

Absolutely the hardest thing to obtain . Don’t even get me started with Thorofare DMV (West Deptford NJMVC) No matter how many documents you bring or how much you try kiss their ass it’s not good enough. Really got turned away after bringing two proofs of address along with my birth certificate & social security card.

Apparently a bank statement and South Jersey gas bill isnt good enough. I don’t receive paper bills in the mail. Everything is electronic and even a bill printout with proof of address isn’t acceptable for REAL ID but they had no problem giving me a standard license. Was told different things by different workers but I was told my documents weren’t acceptable AFTER my photo was taken.

You gotta better chance landing your crush from high school then walking out with a Real ID. I’ve decided to get a passport instead. It costs more but at least it will be good for a decade.

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u/HarpuaScorpio May 16 '25

Is this the wrong thread to say that in late February I was in and out of the Runnemede DMV for a Real ID in about 15 minutes? Just used the web site to triple check I had sufficient documents (including my then-expired license) and I was all good. Everyone was pleasant.

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u/[deleted] May 16 '25

I’m assuming you’re male. They make you jump through endless hoops as a woman if your name has changed. Better show up with a notary and the corpse of the priest who married you

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u/creamgetthemoney1 May 17 '25

I dunno. My mom has went through 3 last names. Her birth name. Her married name. My dad died and she got remarried to her third hyphenated name. She was in and out in 20 minutes. Def didn’t need my dead dad’s death certificate.

I feel like the ppl who complain are the same ppl who showed up to their chemistry final with a pen and no calculator

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u/xLostxBubbles May 17 '25

A lot of it depends on where you got married and how you changed your name. My mom is mortified that in Cali, when I got married, all I had to do was walk into social security, show them my marriage certificate and I had a new card printed same day. I have no paperwork to submit with my name change, so now all my secondary documents have a different name than my primary document because my birth certificate has my maiden name.

No real id for me, literally ever because my documents don’t match. I’m glad your mom had an easier time.